Gaddafi defends Somali piracy

Gaddafi, the dictator of Libya and the new African Union President, has defended islamic piracy off the coast of Somalia as self-defense against Western nations. Does this mean that Gaddafi might want to resurrect the Berber pirates? Daily Nation

AU chairman Muammar Gaddafi has said that his priority will be to claim colonial compensation and to limit the power of Western nations

The Libyan leader further said he believed that piracy was a way of counter defence against the greedy Western nations.

Col Gaddafi expressed the sentiments Thursday morning when he paid his first day official visit to African Union head quarter in Addis Ababa. He addressed AU officials and staff.[...]

“It is not a piracy, it is self defence. It is defending the Somalia children’s food,” Col Gaddafi argued.